By Kaif - Jul 07, 2025 12:26 PM
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MS Dhoni Birthday Special: Today is the birthday of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, one of the most successful captains of the Indian team. Dhoni took Indian cricket to new heights. Under his captaincy, India won every single ICC trophy. The Indian team had a golden era under Dhoni's captaincy.
MS Dhoni is the only captain in the world who has won all three ICC trophies. Probably every Indian fan knows this, but today we will introduce you to those 7 characters of Dhoni. After knowing which you will also say that no one becomes MS Dhoni just like that.
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It is rarely seen that MS Dhoni has got angry on any player on the field. Due to this, he has got the tag of Captain Cool. He understands the game by keeping a calm mind on and off the field. Then he makes strategies on the field itself.
The best finisher Dhoni has finished the most 9 ODI matches with a six. He is the only player to do so. Dhoni has returned unbeaten while chasing the target 50 times. He has played many memorable innings in cricket.
There was a time when the world used to struggle to see Sachin Tendulkar play. There were slogans of Sachin-Sachin. But, a long haired boy from Ranchi city of Jharkhand made a different identity for himself. After the 183 run innings played against Sri Lanka, another name came on the tongue of cricket fans. That was MS Dhoni. Now slogans of Mahi-Mahi started being raised in the stadium. Wherever he went to play in IPL, he saw a sea of yellow. He made himself counted among the most successful captains of India and became a legend.
This is the magic of MS Dhoni that whoever he touched shone. Remember that Joginder Sharma became a hero in the final of the T20 World Cup in 2007. He made the victory memorable by taking the wicket of Misbah on the last ball. After this, who can forget that iconic six of the 2011 ODI World Cup. In the final of the 2013 Champions Trophy, first he made Ishant Sharma a hero, then he surprised everyone by making R Ashwin bowl the last over.
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Dhoni developed his wicketkeeping into an art. This includes run-outs by deflection, stumping in the blink of an eye and catching in a different style. Let's say that Dhoni did wicketkeeping in an unconventional way and achieved success. MS Dhoni also holds the record for the fastest stumping in cricket history. In 2018, he stumped West Indies' Keemo Paul in just 0.08 seconds.
Dhoni has taken 634 catches in international cricket from behind the wicket. Dhoni has done the most stumpings, 195, which is a record. After Mark Boucher and Adam Gilchrist, Dhoni is the third wicketkeeper to have the most wickets (829).
MS Dhoni has no equal in batting. When the world's biggest batsmen were getting fooled by the yorker ball. Then Dhoni invented the helicopter shot and made life difficult for the bowlers. Dhoni has returned to the pavilion unbeaten 84 times in ODI international matches. He has scored more than 10 thousand runs while batting in the lower order.
India won the first T20 World Cup under his captaincy. This feat happened in 2007. Then under his captaincy, India won the ODI World Cup in 2011. Two years later, under Dhoni's captaincy, India won the Champions Trophy in 2013. Under Dhoni's captaincy, India also got the Test mace. He taught people wicketkeeping in a unique way and also taught the lesson of taking decisions without panicking in difficult times.
Dhoni is a university in himself. Every young player wants to learn from him in terms of sports. During IPL or whenever he gets time, he keeps giving tips on batting, keeping and captaincy to the youth. It will not be wrong to say that legendary captains like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma are his gift. Every player has definitely learned something or the other by being with him or watching him.
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